Authors
grantZA content is published under three bylines: a named editor and researcher covering SASSA and the SRD grant, a named journalist for legacy SRD reporting, and our in-house editorial desk for everything else. All three follow the same editorial standards, source verification, and correction policy described on our About page.
Neo Hlapho
Editor and Researcher
Editor and Researcher at grantZA, based in Bothaville, Free State. Neo has covered the SASSA SRD grant since 2021, from payment dates and status checks to applications, appeals, and every rule change from the R350 era to the current R370 grant. Certificate in Journalism (UCT, 2022) and Certificate in Governance (Rosebank College, 2024).
E.K Malatji
SRD Correspondent
Journalism graduate from Tshwane University of Technology (TUT). E.K Malatji is grantZA's dedicated correspondent for the SASSA Social Relief of Distress (SRD) R370 grant, covering eligibility rules, means-test outcomes, appeals, and payment cycles.
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Editorial Desk
grantZA's in-house editorial desk covers everything outside SRD: NSFAS, non-SRD SASSA grants, NYDA and youth programmes, agriculture, business finance, housing subsidies, energy incentives, and general social-policy analysis. All copy is verified against primary government sources.